https://tinyurl.com/mt6p6mjd
这篇之前讨论Simmons/Harden交易一些幕后的旧闻
虽然主要是讨论Morey和Battier的私交
还有去七六人的心路历程
但是里面这段
Both men spoke with Brand and ownership. Brand, according to multiple league
sources, told D’Antoni that Joel Embiid was in his corner; Embiid and D’
Antoni had clicked during D’Antoni’s stint as a Sixers assistant in 2016. D
’Antoni and Brand discussed contract terms. D’Antoni believed ownership was
on his side and even told some former Rockets staffers to begin house hunting
in Philadelphia.
At the same time, Lue, according to a source with knowledge of his thinking,
got the impression that he was Brand’s top choice. The problem, according to
that source, was Lue didn’t believe the decision was Brand’s to make.
Lue wasn’t the first person to feel this way about a Sixers GM in recent
years. Among Sixers ownership, Harris and Blitzer were both hands-on. There
was also Rubin, who, despite owning around 8% of the team at the time, "has a
huge say in things there," according to one person familiar with the team’s
inner workings. And there was also CEO Scott O’Neil, who earlier in his
career had aspirations of working in basketball operations. Overall, the
Sixers had four individuals above their GM who had a say in basketball
decisions.
In this case, it wasn’t until a third coaching option presented itself —
when the Clippers fired Doc Rivers — that the Sixers were able to agree on
a path forward.
The news of Rivers’ firing broke on the last Monday of September. Brand
immediately reached out to Rivers, who also happened to be speaking with
Morey, who was searching for a replacement for D’Antoni in Houston. Morey,
according to a source, had done some background work on Rivers, speaking to
then-Celtics president Danny Ainge and Clippers president Lawrence Frank, and
both had passed along positive reports.
一开始七六人高层是在MDA和Lue之间做选择
然后两边都有支持的人马
Embiid似乎之前就和MDA老爷子私交很好
MDA一度还和他的手下人马说
可以开始在费城找房子了
但是后来Rivers被开除后半路杀出
就把两个人都打败了
MDA现在在鹈鹕当教练顾问
如果Embiid真的属意MDA
导致铅笔 Morey MDA Harden 的铁四角可以提早成形
七六人的局会比现在好吗?